Great drives: Fantasy drive in a Ferrari

Joseph Dunn was given the chance to deliver a 575M through the Alps. He seized the opportunity with both hands

"You will find that some people are envious, some people will admire it and others will try and beat you,” said Davide Kluzer, the man from Ferrari, as I picked up the keys to a blood-red Maranello 575M. “The important thing is to take this as normal and not let it affect your driving. When you are eating the best lasagne in Italy at Ferrari’s restaurant in Maranello you will remember this is simply the Ferrari effect.”

Delivering a car from a dealer to a factory may not sound a particularly exciting prospect. But when the dealer is in Frankfurt, the factory is in Italy and the car is a Ferrari, the task takes on a decidedly more rosy hue. In fact it’s one worth replicating even without a “job” to do.

The route south from a grey German autumn to the home of Ferrari in Maranello covers more than